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Rust Coreutils 0.3 Released With Some Major Speed-Ups, Better GNU Compatibility (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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The uutils project announced tonight the release of Rust Coreutils 0.3, another step forward for this Rust version alternative to GNU Coreutils that has been attracting a lot of interest lately due to Ubuntu 25.10 now using it by default.

Rust Coreutils 0.3 brings improved GNU test suite compatibility with now passing 532 tests, or nearly an 84% pass rate. There is improved error handling and other updates to better match the behavior of GNU Coreutils... Such as the recently noted date issue breaking Ubuntu 25.10's unattended upgrades.

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[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 5 days ago (16 children)

You cant tell me that a rewrite of gnu stuff in rust is just for security. I see that weak permissive license and the conspiracy part of my brain turns on...

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 days ago (8 children)

It was just a hobby project that one person started that then got a lot of people behind it. The permissive license was just because he just copied what every other project was using.

[–] jasory@programming.dev -5 points 4 days ago (7 children)

But the permissive license is why it gained traction, otherwise who would spend so much resources on something that a decade later only accomplishes 85 percent of what coreutils does?

[–] unexpected@forum.guncadindex.com 1 points 3 days ago

I think they would argue that it would be the perceived security that rust has. But I agree with your point and wonder if it will really deliver on those goals.

Didn't know its been a whole decade.

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